Pick Astronomer if
data platform teams who will stay on Developer at $0.35 / hour (scale-to-zero) while they open a first DAGs list, then buy Team at $0.42 / hour when they want dedicated clusters and 24×5 support.
Read the Astronomer pageAstronomer vs Dagster
Our take
Pick Astronomer if data platform teams who will stay on Developer at $0.35 / hour (scale-to-zero) while they open a first DAGs list, then buy Team at $0.42 / hour when they want dedicated clusters and 24×5 support. Pick Dagster if data teams who will stay on OSS / Hybrid $0 compute while they materialize a first asset, or start the Solo 30-day trial and land on $10/month (1 user, 1 code location) when they want
Best for
Astronomer Airflow you do not operate yourself
Dagster Pipelines you start on Solo at $10/month (30-day trial) or OSS $0
Free plan
Astronomer No free plan
Dagster $0 · you run the orchestrator
Lowest paid
Astronomer Not published by the vendor
Dagster Not published by the vendor
Runs where
Astronomer Hosted
Dagster
Watch out
Astronomer $0.35 / hour is a running (or hibernating) deployment, not unlimited
Dagster Solo is 1 user and 1 code location
Last checked
Astronomer 2026-10-23 · astronomer.io/pricing
Dagster 2026-10-22 · dagster.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Dagster if
data teams who will stay on OSS / Hybrid $0 compute while they materialize a first asset, or start the Solo 30-day trial and land on $10/month (1 user, 1 code location) when they want Dagster+ without a cluster.
Read the Dagster page